World Geography Final Exam

The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries is called...

• Humanism

• Cartography

• Anthropology

• Geography

All living organisms on our planet live within the...

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

When two continental plates collide and the heavier plate dives below the lighter plate, this is known as...

• Subduction

• Divergent

• Faulting

• Slip-strike fault

Sudden violent movements on the lithosphere caused by the moving of plate tectonics are known as...

• Tsunamis

• Tornados

• Hurricanes

• Earthquakes

The imaginary line that divides the planet into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere is the...

• Tropic of Cancer

• Primer Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

Geographers use longitude and latitude to be able to find a place's...

• Relative Location

• Site

• Absolute Location

• Situation

This projection has extreme distortion the closer you move towards the polls?

• Goode's Projection

• Mercator Projection

• Robinson

• Winkel Projection

The height of a land surface above the level of the sea

• Relief

• Elevation

• GPS

• Surface

Weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time...

• Weather

• Climate

• Region

• Pattern

A concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States is called...

• The South

• Sunbelt

• Manufacturing Belt

• Industrial North